'Dies Irae' Anime Spoilers: Television Broadcast Ends With Episode 11; Six More Episodes to Be Exclusively Available Online
The Japanese dark fantasy anime series, "Dies Irae," is about to air its final episode, but Ren Fujii's story is far from over.
It has been announced that after the television broadcast of the series, which is based on the visual novel of the same name first developed in 2007, six more episodes will subsequently be streamed exclusively online. The announcement was reportedly made by the Japanese animation production company, A.C.G.T., who illustrated the original visual novel developed by the Japanese game studio, Light.
The episodes will be released by A.C.G.T. in web streaming format. The announcement, however, did not specify on which video streaming platform these episodes will be released. It is also not clear whether the additional episodes will be released with an option for English subtitles.
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Additionally, the first volume of the series' Blu-ray box set, which will contain the first five episodes along with, "Dawning of Days," which was broadcast as episode 0, has been released on Friday, Dec. 22, in Japan. The second volume, which will include the episode 6 to 11 will then be released next year on Feb. 23.
Lastly, the third and final volume, which will be released on July 13, will contain episodes 12 to 17, the six online-exclusive episodes that A.C.G.T. has scheduled.
Fans are hoping that the upcoming 11th and final television episode could provide some answers to the mysteries that have been hanging over the series' narrative. Who is Riza's granddaughter between Kasumi and Rea? Why does it seem like she's protecting both? Will all the other questions raised by the series be properly wrapped up in the upcoming web-exclusive installments?
"Dies Irae" airs on Mondays late night at 12:30 a.m. JST on BS11, on Fridays late night at 1:05 a.m. JST on Tokyo MX, and on Saturdays 9 p.m. JST on AT-X. Information on other broadcast schedules and online resources can be found on the series' official site. Episodes will also available in selected regions outside Japan via Crunchyroll.
